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09 January 2014

It is 1880...Do You Know Where Your Ancestors Are?

As a followup to my 1900 post, I've decided to look at where my direct line ancestors were living in 1880. I've not included source citations or biographical details on these individuals, largely because I don't want the post to be any larger/longer than it already is. At this point in time, all my ancestors were in the United States except one: Jans Janssen. They were all in Hancock or Adams Counties in Illinois, except for Benjamin Butler who was living in Missouri. I may work up posts earlier in time as well, just to see how they areas of residence changes over time. I was not too surprised to see that with the exception of five, they were all in two Illinois counties. On 1 January 1880, I had the following ancestors alive:

Great-grandparents:

Charles Neill

Fannie Rampley

George Trautvetter

Ida Sargent

Great-great-grandparents:

Samuel Neill

Annie (Murphy) Neill

Riley Rampley

Nancy (Newman) Rampley

John Michael Trautvetter

Franciska (Bieger) Trautvetter

Ira Sargent

Ellen (Butler) Sargent

Johann Ufkes

Noentje (Grass) Ufkes

Jans Janssen

Fredericka Sartorius

Mimka Habben

Anke Fecht

Focke Goldenstein

Anna Dirks

Great-great-great-grandparents:

James Rampley

Elizabeth (Chaney) Rampley

Sophia Elizabeth (Derle) Trautvetter

Barbara (Siefert) Bieger Fennan Haase Haase

Benjamin Butler

Johannes Grass

Antje (Jaspers) Habben

Hinrich Fecht

Hinrich Sartorius

Trientje (Behrens) Sartorius

Johann Goldenstein

Tjode (Tammen) Goldenstein

Bernard Dirks

Heipke (Mueller) Dirks

Great-great-great-great-grandparents

Ulfert Gerdes Behrens

Fredericka (Lichtsinn) Behrens

Henry Mueller

Geske () Mueller

Great-great-great-great-great-grandparents

Trientje (Claassen) Behrens

Locations--with numbers living there (and family names in parenthesis):

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